africanlion wrote:Since Linux cant be infected by spyware, what could be causing my pc to run slow. Sometimes i have to refresh a page as it doesnt respond to my mouse abd also youtube seem to freeze up

Help please

My updates are up to date

Your second sentence indicates the slowness affects your browser. What add-ons / toolbars you have installed in your browser, and what browser are you using? I'm not a fan of Chrome, but Chrome might be your answer if you're having a lot of problems with Flash pages. Firefox uses an older version of Flash, because Adobe refuses to update Flash for Linux anymore, whereas Chrome has its own implementation of Flash, independent of Adobe. Your hardware may need some of the goodness and bug fixes found in recent updates, and that points to Chrome. I use Firefox myself and have not had any trouble, but I don't watch youtube other than once in a blue moon.